Phonograph



Jan. 3, 1928. r 1,655,360

G. J. DlETRlCH PHONOGRAPH Filed Jan. s, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS:

Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,360

' G. J. DIETRICH PHONOGRAPH Filed Jan. 8. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 alIl i T Y z i WITNESS.

Patented Jan. 3, 19 28. r Y

1 UNITED! sr'A GILBERT J. nmrriucn, or BEAUMONT, Texas.

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application filed January whereby the'phonograph' may be operated from the front or face side of the drawer, without access from the top.

My object is to provide a phonograph assembly which may beplaced in any piece of furniture, such as a clresser,-writing desk or library table, which has been designed witha drawer space to accommodate it; but most especially for the console cabinet with the'solid'top, so thatthe phonograph may be played without removing anything from the top of the cabinet. r

videapivoted leaf which carries the turntable which is" designed to be moved into or out of the drawer part, the parts being so arranged that the phonograph can be played with the leaf in open or closed position or at any intermediate position.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. 7

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev-- eral views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view, with parts broken away, of the assembly with the leaf in open position.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line. 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the means for, driving the turntableshaft from one of the horizontal shafts.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the driving means adjacent the motor.

In these drawings, 1 indicates a drawer which is adapted to be placed in a recess formed in a piece of furniture, such as a console cabinet. A leaf or table 2 is pivotally connected at one corner to the front part of the drawer adjacent one edge thereof by means of the upper frame 3 and the lower frame 4. The upper frame has a pintle 3 at its upper end which engages a hole 8, 1926. Serial m. 80,039. a

T AT NT germ i formed in a top piece of the drawer and "the" 'lower frame has its lower end nected with a' stub shaft 5lvertically arrotatably conranged onthe bottom of "the" drawerg-- the" shaft and pintle being'inthe same vertical plane and these partspermit the leafito be --moved about a vertical axis so that-it can "be moved into thedrawer or swung out of the drawer, this latter position being'shown horn boX 6 arranged in the drawer and in Figure a horn tube 7 "extends fromthesmall rear end of said box to a point directly in-line I with the vertical axis of the table or leaf 2,

V where I it is inovably connected I with the-re- Another object of the invention is to pro-V producer arm 8 in such a manneri'that the leaf or table 2 can move on its pivot without interference on the part ofthe arm andthe 7 tube and without moving :these parts out of communication with each other, so that the phonograph can be played with the table or leaf 2 in any position. a a,

The motor 10 is also arranged in the drawer at the rear thereof and said motor may be wound up through means of the cran handle 11, carried by one side of the drawer and which is connected by the sprockets and 7 which is journaled in'a collar 23, rotatably mounted on the shaft 5, and in a plate 24 carried by a frame 25 which dependsfrom the leaf or table 2. Thus the gear 21 will re main in mesh with the gear 20 no matter in what position the table or leaf is moved into so that the shaft 22 will be driven from the Y motor at all times without regard to the position of the leaf or table 2. Shaft 22 is connected by the gears 26 with a shaft 27 mounted in the'frame 25, and the saidshaft 27 is geared to the spindle or shaft 28 of the turntable 29 of the The spindle is provided with the usual governing means, shown generally at 31 and the stop parts shown generally at 32.

From the foregoing, it will'be seen that.

the entire. phonograph assembly is carried by the drawer, and when this drawer is phonograph by the gears placed in a cabinet, the phonograph can be played without raising the top of the cabinet. The pivot-ed support for the turntable enables a record to be placed on the turntable or removed therefrom without reaching in the drawer, though while the record is being played, the turntable can be swung back into the drawer, if desired. Of course, it can be left projected from the drawer or it can be placed in any intermediate position without interfering with the playing of the record.

While I have shown the shafts and gearing for communicating the movement of the motor to the turntable, it will, of course, be understood that other means may be thus used, it being simply necessary to so arrange such means that they will not interfere with the movement of the leaf or table or prevent playing of the record, with" the leaf or table in any position, n

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is A phonograph comprising a drawer adapted to be placed in an article of furniture, the front of the drawer being open, a leaf, a pivoted frame extending upwardly from one corner'of the leaf, a second pivoted frame depending from said corner of the "leaf, a stub shaft in the drawer passing ranged over the hole, a horn box in the..

drawer, a tube in communication with the box and having its outer end turned-ups wardly and communicating with the hole, a motor in the drawer, a gear on theshaft, means for rotating the gear from the motor, a, turntable on the leaf, means carried byv the leaf for turning the turntable and means for driving such means from the gear. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GILBERT J. DIETRICH. 

